| TOKYO, JAPAN April 3, 2000 -- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. today applied to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications for business authorization of its IMT-2000 service and for licensing of radio stations that will be used to provide the service in Japan. The move comes in accordance with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications submission of policy for introducing IMT-2000, a next-generation mobile communication system, as well as licensing criteria for the IMT-2000 radio stations. |
| NTT DoCoMo group companies have also filed applications simultaneously. |
| 1. | Business units |
| -NTT DoCoMo has applied for approval to launch IMT-2000 service in the Kanto and Shinshu regions where the company has been already providing wireless telecommunications services. *Other group companies also filed the same applications in their business areas. NTT DoCoMo group is planning to realize nationwide service by roaming between group companies. | |
| 2. | Start date |
| The tentative start date for the new service is around the end of May 2001. |
| Plan of Group Companies |
| Around December 2001: | NTT DoCoMo Tokai, NTT DoCoMo Kansai |
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| Around April 2002: | NTT DoCoMo Hokkaido, NTT DoCoMo Tohoku, NTT DoCoMo Hokuriku, NTT DoCoMo Chugoku, NTT DoCoMo Shikoku, NTT DoCoMo Kyushu. |
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| 3. | The first service area will tentatively include: |
| Tokyo (23-ward area) Yokohama City Kawasaki City |
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Outline of Application
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| Attachment | |
| 1. | Purpose of service |
| NTT DoCoMo aims to maximize convenience for its customers by providing mobile multimedia services, such as the transmission of video images, with IMT-2000, which is capable of transmitting large amounts of data at extremely high speeds. | |
| 2. | Radio Access System |
| DS-CDMA*1 (W-CDMA) *2 *1 Direct Spread-CDMA *2 Wide-band CDMA |
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| 3. | Frequency band |
| 2 GHz - band | |
| 4. | Service area |
| -Over 80% of populated areas by the end of 2003. | |
